Jones Motor Co. v. Finch Motor Co.

This was a claim case in which the court. directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in fi. fa. The claimant filed a motion for a new trial, which was granted, and the plaintiff in fi. fa. excepted.

Did the court err in granting the motion ? The plaintiff in fi. fa. procured a judgment against W. J. Marshall on February 4, 1924. Pursuant thereto execution was duly issued and entered upon the general execution docket on the same date. The execution bore an entry showing that on August 6, 1924, it was levied upon a certain automobile as the property of the defendant in fi. fa., found in his…